January 28, 1854 - February 14, 1854

1854 Jany 28th The past week nearly the
whole of week been at Mrs McCullocks with
Surveyor Graves & Commissioner Dividing Land
& the 7th of next is the sale & Division of
the negroes of Jeremiah McCullock Dec^d
we have a cold & part of the week wet,
Our folks have been Cutting & striping
Tobacco, Henry began to Hew down Barn
but Did not finish, He is gone to mill
this day to Millers 1 Bbl wheat for meal
3 Bushels of D^o for chop & 1 Bbl Corn for
mean – Turned very cold last night, & is so to day

30th Halling wood waggon & Cart
alse & Kitty stacking wood. Fed & Sandy
Cutting, Jacob getting shingles –
clear pretty weather – –

Feby 3rd Burnt^{& sewed} Plant On mountain &
Covered it, Snowed a little

4th Halling wood waggon & Cart,-
Turned quite Cold, went to Mrs Hunts to day

= 8 Rained nearly all day striping Tobacco
nearly done prize Barn, finished yesterday
Hewing down Barn nearly
Burnt & sewed yesterday & the day before
plant Bed in the Stash —

14 Since the 8th had sale & Division
of Land & negroes at Mrs McCullock
Paid E D Johns for his Int. in Jer. Eliza [?]
& Elizabeth McCullock Jr Est. as refereed
by Jno F. Patrick for me & Colo V. Dickinson
for Mr Johns, Mr James M Fitzgerald
attended to it for me
Plowing for Corn malling in new ground
This day striping Tobacco in prize
Barn & trying to finish Raining to day
8 Lambs to this day - etc etc